For women living in poverty, the prospect of leaving a domestic violence situation can be daunting. For mothers, the obstacles to leaving can be even greater. Women trying to leave violent home lives face financial manipulation in addition to physical…
Legal Aid attorney Currey Hitchens has been tirelessly representing students and their families throughout the pandemic. Her work? Education law. The bulk of her work is focused on Individualized Education Plans -- targeted plans that address the needs of students…
New attorney Erick Vargas joined our Gwinnett office on one of the most difficult years on record -- and we’re so glad that he did. Erick passed the bar last February, and he almost immediately reached out to Legal Aid…
When Dana A.H called Legal Aid, she was in the midst of a two-decade long fight for her grandson’s wellbeing. As Dana would tell me with a tired shake of her head, “Devon has been through a lot.” Devon's struggle…
Can you start by introducing yourself and explaining what the Disability Integration Project of Legal Aid does? My name is Jack Grote. I’m an attorney with the Disability Integration Project at Legal Aid. The Disability Integration Project comes out…
What does the Kinship Care Unit of Legal Aid do? We represent grandparents or aunts or uncles or “fictive kin” in cases to help them solidify the bond to keep a child safe in their home, through adoption or guardianship…
The people at Legal Aid are so thorough. They made me feel so comfortable and said, “don’t worry, if you want to cry, you can cry”. They’re always so helpful and go the extra mile. They really get in there…
Sarah Kelsey is a staff attorney in our Home Defense Program, which is a specialized unit of Legal Aid that focuses on home ownership issues. The attorneys in Home Defense represent homeowners with mortgage and home scam issues. Sarah particularly…
As COVID-19 began shutting everything down in metro-Atlanta, one thing was very clear to our Cobb staff: we must continue to help survivors of domestic violence. So our staff immediately got to work. In those haphazard first few weeks…
One of our clients, Mr. Foster*, passed away a few weeks ago amidst the pandemic. He was a sweet man who had been the caregiver to his nephew, who suffers from PTSD. Mr. Foster originally came to us after his…